Outside of singing at his church occasionally, brilliant Americana singer/songwriter
David Wolfenberger hasn’t performed in the area for quite some time. After working with the group The Marshwiggles in the late ’90s, Wolfenberger put out three stellar solo albums between1999-2006, earning him high praise both domestically and abroad. But besides occasional performances and scant new material (what he has released has been for charity), the 1999 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards winner for Artist of the Year has kept a low profile for the past several years.
Tonight, Wolfenberger is coming "out of exile" to join an old friend in concert.
Wolfenberger is re-teaming with Mark Olson, half of the brain trust behind the best work of The Jayhawks, at Newport’s Southgate House Revival. Wolfenberger toured extensively with Olson in the early ’00s as a member of The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, the group Olson formed with then-wife Victoria Williams after he left The Jayhawks.
Wolfenberger opens tonight's show with a solo, acoustic set at 8 p.m. and he will also join Olson during his set (along with Olson's current touring partner — and wife —
Ingunn Ringvold).Tickets are $12 at the door.
Wolfenberger has been posting some of his older material on his Reverbnation page and, in an email, he said he will be posting new songs "on occasion in the future." Here's one of his earlier cuts, "Tentatively Vince Foster," from his 1999 solo debut, Tales from Thom Scarecrow
, released on the local Blue Jordan Records.
